3/7/12

Pining
By Linda M. Crate


I fall headfirst, fearless in love —
I know that I shouldn’t be so
impulsive, that I should be more
grounded in reason; but I can’t
help, but lose all semblance of
sense when you’re around; you’re
an intoxicating bloom I cannot
get enough of, unique in shape
yet lovely, too, and I wonder if
you’ll ever see me the way I do
you; this overwhelming yearning
for you is more than I can bear.


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Linda Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. She has a Bachelor's in English-Literature from Edinboro University. Her poetry and short stories have been published in several magazines.